# vena
## English
### Etymology

From Latin vēna. Doublet of vein.

### Noun

vena (plural venae)
* (medicine, anatomy) vein.

#### Derived terms

* vena cava

### Anagrams

* nave, e-van, Neva, Vane, neva, vane, Nave, Evan, Aven, aven

## Aragonese
### Etymology

From Latin vēna, of uncertain Proto-Indo-European origin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbena/
* Rhymes: -ena
* Syllabification: ve‧na

### Noun

vena f
* vein (blood vessel)
* root (part of the plant). Probably used by analogy: the vein transports blood and the roots transport sap.
    Synonym: radiz

### Further reading

* Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA)

## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin vēna.

### Noun

vena f (plural venes)
* vein

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan vena, from Latin vēna, of uncertain Proto-Indo-European origin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈbɛ.nə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈvə.nə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈve.na]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

vena f (plural venes)
* vein

#### Derived terms

* vena porta

#### Related terms

* venal
* venós

### References

* “vena” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “vena” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Ese
### Noun

vena
* fire
* firewood

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vēna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋenɑ/, [ˈʋe̞nɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -enɑ
* Hyphenation: ve‧na

### Noun

vena
* (anatomy) vein (blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart)

#### Usage notes

The term vena is only used by experts in scientific or medical context.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of vena (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
venani
venani
accusative
nom.
venani
venani
gen.
venani
genitive
venani
venojeni venaini $^{rare}$
partitive
venaani
venojani
inessive
venassani
venoissani
elative
venastani
venoistani
illative
venaani
venoihini
adessive
venallani
venoillani
ablative
venaltani
venoiltani
allative
venalleni
venoilleni
essive
venanani
venoinani
translative
venakseni
venoikseni
abessive
venattani
venoittani
instructive
comitative
—venoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
venasi
venasi
accusative
nom.
venasi
venasi
gen.
venasi
genitive
venasi
venojesi venaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
venaasi
venojasi
inessive
venassasi
venoissasi
elative
venastasi
venoistasi
illative
venaasi
venoihisi
adessive
venallasi
venoillasi
ablative
venaltasi
venoiltasi
allative
venallesi
venoillesi
essive
venanasi
venoinasi
translative
venaksesi
venoiksesi
abessive
venattasi
venoittasi
instructive
comitative
—venoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
venamme
venamme
accusative
nom.
venamme
venamme
gen.
venamme
genitive
venamme
venojemme venaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
venaamme
venojamme
inessive
venassamme
venoissamme
elative
venastamme
venoistamme
illative
venaamme
venoihimme
adessive
venallamme
venoillamme
ablative
venaltamme
venoiltamme
allative
venallemme
venoillemme
essive
venanamme
venoinamme
translative
venaksemme
venoiksemme
abessive
venattamme
venoittamme
instructive
comitative
—venoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
venanne
venanne
accusative
nom.
venanne
venanne
gen.
venanne
genitive
venanne
venojenne venainne $^{rare}$
partitive
venaanne
venojanne
inessive
venassanne
venoissanne
elative
venastanne
venoistanne
illative
venaanne
venoihinne
adessive
venallanne
venoillanne
ablative
venaltanne
venoiltanne
allative
venallenne
venoillenne
essive
venananne
venoinanne
translative
venaksenne
venoiksenne
abessive
venattanne
venoittanne
instructive
comitative
—venoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
venansa
venansa
accusative
nom.
venansa
venansa
gen.
venansa
genitive
venansa
venojensa venainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
venaansa
venojaan venojansa
inessive
venassaan venassansa
venoissaan venoissansa
elative
venastaan venastansa
venoistaan venoistansa
illative
venaansa
venoihinsa
adessive
venallaan venallansa
venoillaan venoillansa
ablative
venaltaan venaltansa
venoiltaan venoiltansa
allative
venalleen venallensa
venoilleen venoillensa
essive
venanaan venanansa
venoinaan venoinansa
translative
venakseen venaksensa
venoikseen venoiksensa
abessive
venattaan venattansa
venoittaan venoittansa
instructive
comitative
—venoineen venoinensa :

#### Synonyms

* laskimo

### Anagrams

* Neva, neva

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vēna (“vein”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvɛna]
* Hyphenation: vè‧na

### Noun

vena (plural)
* (medicine) vein, a blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.

### Further reading

* “vena” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈve.na/
* Rhymes: -ena
* Hyphenation: vé‧na

### Etymology 1

From Latin vēna, of uncertain Proto-Indo-European origin.

#### Noun

vena f (plural vene)
* (anatomy, botany, zoology) vein (all senses)
* grain (of wood)
* talent, aptitude, gift, bent
* inspiration
* inclination, desire
    in vena di ― in the mood for
* lode, seam (of a mineral)

##### Derived terms

* svenare

##### Related terms

* venare
* venato
* venatura
* venoso

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

vena
* inflection of venare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* Neva, nave, vane

## Latin
### Etymology

Of uncertain origin; proposed derivations include:
* From Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-, the same root of via (“road”).
* From Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁-, the same root of venēnum (“juice; venom”).
* From Proto-Indo-European *weyp-, the same root of vibex (“weal, welt”).
* From a root common to Lithuanian gýsla (“vein”) and Russian жи́ла (žíla, “vein”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈu̯eː.na/, [ˈu̯eːnä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈve.na/, [ˈvɛːnä]

### Noun

vēna f (genitive vēnae); first declension
* (anatomy) a vein, blood vessel
** an artery
* (transferred sense, of things that resemble a vein)
** a watercourse
** a vein of metals
** (anatomy) the urinary passage
** a vein or streak of wood or stone
** a row of trees in a garden
** (anatomy) the penis
* (figurative)
** strength
** the interior, the innate or natural quality or nature of something; the innermost feelings, spring, pulse
** one's natural bent, genius, disposition, vein
* This entry needs quotations to illustrate usage. If you come across any interesting, durably archived quotes then please add them!

#### Inflection

First-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* vēnātilis
* vēnōsus
* vēnula

#### Descendants

* Eastern Romance
** Aromanian: vinã, vãnã
** Romanian: vână
* Dalmatian:
** vaina
* Italo-Romance:
** Italian: vena
** Sicilian: vina
* North Italian:
** Friulian: vene
** Gallo-Italic:
*** Emilian: vèina, vàina, vèna
*** Ligurian: vénn-a
*** Lombard: vena, ena
*** Piedmontese: ven-a, vèina, vègna
*** Romagnol: vèina, vàina
** Romansch: avaina, avagna
** Venetan: véna, vena
* Gallo-Romance:
** Old French: veine, vaine, veyne
*** Middle French: vene
**** French: veine
***** → Vietnamese: ven
*** Norman: veine
*** → Middle English: veine
**** English: vein
**** Scots: van, vane, vain, vaine
** Walloon: voenne
* Occitano-Romance:
** Catalan: vena
** Gascon: vea, veia, via, venha
** Old Occitan: vena
*** Occitan: vena
* Ibero-Romance:
** Aragonese: vena
** Asturian: vena
** Old Galician-Portuguese: vẽa
*** Fala: vea
*** Galician: vea
*** Portuguese: veia
** Old Spanish: vena
*** Spanish: vena
* Sardinian:
** bena; → vena
* Borrowings:
** → Bulgarian: вена (vena)
** → English: vena
** → Finnish: vena
** → German: Vene
** → Hungarian: véna
** → Macedonian: вена (vena)
** → Polish: wena
** → Romanian: venă
** → Russian: вена (vena)
** → Serbo-Croatian:
*** Cyrillic script: вена
*** Latin script: vena
** → Swedish: ven
** → Ukrainian: вена (vena)

### References

* “vena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “vena”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* vena in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* ↑ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “vena”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 746

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* venen

### Noun

vena f or m
* definite feminine singular of vene

## Old Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse veina, from Proto-Germanic *wainōną.

### Verb

vēna
* to wail, to lament

#### Conjugation
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀯𑁂𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* वेन (Devanagari script)
* ৰেন (Bengali script)
* වෙන (Sinhalese script)
* ဝေန or ဝေၼ (Burmese script)
* เวน or เวนะ (Thai script)
* ᩅᩮᨶ (Tai Tham script)
* ເວນ or ເວນະ (Lao script)
* វេន (Khmer script)
* 𑅇𑄬𑄚 (Chakma script)

### Noun

vena
* instrumental singular of va (“letter 'v'”)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vēna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋěːna/
* Hyphenation: ve‧na

### Noun

véna f (Cyrillic spelling ве́на)
* (anatomy, botany, zoology) vein (all senses)
    Antonym: aorta

#### Declension
### References

* “vena”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish vena, from Latin vēna, of uncertain Proto-Indo-European origin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbena/ [ˈbe.na]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ena
* Syllabification: ve‧na

### Noun

vena f (plural venas)
* vein

#### Derived terms

* avenar
* relajar la vena
* vena cava inferior
* vena porta
* vena safena
* vena yugular

#### Related terms

* venal

### Further reading

* “vena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from English vein.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

vena class IX (plural vena class X)
* vein